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Friday, 24 March 2017

‘Beyond all Doubt' by Paige Elizabeth Turner

Published by Matador, 28 January 2017.ISBN 978-1-78589-884-6The book starts with an undetected murder, described by the
murderer! Not surprising for a crime fiction book, of course, but the
reader is left in a situation where the murder and its consequences run in
parallel with the detection. The DI is Michael Marchant, a somewhat
unappealing middle aged man with some antediluvian attitudes. Working
with him is DS Olivia Watts, a bright girl whose insights are not always
welcomed by Marchant.

The victim is identified by her fiancé, Trevor Taylor, and the team soon work
out that she fell from a cruise boat on the river Avon. There is a
further death of a girl in Evesham who was stabbed outside a local pub.
While Marchant investigates the cruise boat owner and captain, Olivia makes
further investigations into the first victim's fiancé.

After a third death an arrest is made and a tense trial ensues. The
verdict is reached with some difficulty in the jury room but then further
complications follow. The story is well told though the atmosphere is
bleak.
-------Reviewer: Jennifer S. Palmer
Paige Elizabeth Turner already has a follow up adventure for Olivia in the
pipeline.

Paige Elizabeth Turner has worked
across a variety of industries from retail fashion through to transport police.
Those roles, interacting with most sectors of the public and legal system, have
equipped Paige with the necessary knowledge to develop the plot and characters
of her novel. Paige has supported that experience with specific writing
studies.

Jennifer Palmer Throughout my
reading life crime fiction has been a constant interest; I really enjoyed my 15
years as an expatriate in the Far East, the Netherlands
& the USA
but occasionally the solace of closing my door to the outside world and sitting
reading was highly therapeutic. I now lecture to adults on historical topics
including Famous Historical Mysteries.

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From an early age I have been a lover of crime fiction. Discovering like minded people at my first crime conference at St Hilda’s Oxford in 1997, I was delighted when asked to join a new group for the promotion of female crime writers. In 1998 I took over the running of the group, which I did for the next thirteen years.
During that time I organised countless events promoting crime writers and in particular new writers. But apart from the sheer joy of reading, ‘I actually love books, not just the writing, the plot or the characters, but the sheer joy of holding a book has never abated for me. The greatest gift of my life has been the ability to read'.